THYATIRA: FAILING THE TOLERANCE TEST (4 OF 7)
Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29
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Title: Thyatira: Failing The Tolerance Test (4 of 7)
Series: This Is Your Captain Speaking
Text: Revelation 2:18-29
Author: James Merritt
Introduction
1. Can Anybody Tell Me the Significance Of
November 16th? It Is Supposed to Be a Big Day
Around the World and Frankly I Didn’t Even Know
About It Until I Prepared This Message. The United
Nations Declared What They Called a “Year For
Tolerance,” in 1995 and Calling Their Leadership
Unesco to Follow Suit. On November 16th,
Created the Declarations of Principles On
Tolerance, as a Way to Provide Awareness Of
Tolerance for All Participating Nations. They Did
That on November 16th and Ever Since the World
Is Called to Celebrate the “International Day For
Tolerance.” the Day Is Based on This Premise That
“Tolerance Is Respect, Acceptance And
Appreciation of the Rich Diversity of Our World’s
Cultures, Our Forms of Expression, and Ways Of
Being Human.” Now That Sounds Innocuous
Enough and It Sounds Like Something Everyone
Would Accept, but as the Old Saying Goes, “the
Devil Is in the Details.” There Is One Word You
Need to Hear Clearly and That Is the Word
“Acceptance.” [Jody-Keep Statement up on Screen
And Highlight “Acceptance” When He Says It.]
2. In Today’s World It Is Not Enough Just To
Respect a Different Viewpoint, or to Appreciate
Differences, or Even to Defend the Right Of
Someone to Have a Different Opinion. If You Do
Not Accept Someone Else’s Thinking and Opinion As
Being Just as Valid as Yours, Then You Are
Declared to Be “Intolerant.” There Is Simply
Nothing Worse That Can Be Said About Someone
Today Than They Are “Intolerant,” Because Once
You Are Declared to Be Intolerant You Are
Bigoted, Judgmental, Narrow-Minded, and You Are
To Be Shunned Like a Leper.
3. Yet Today, We Are Going to Learn From A
Church in a Place Called “Thyatira” That Jesus
Will Not Tolerate the Toleration of What Should
Not Be Tolerated. ...
Series: This Is Your Captain Speaking
Text: Revelation 2:18-29
Author: James Merritt
Introduction
1. Can Anybody Tell Me the Significance Of
November 16th? It Is Supposed to Be a Big Day
Around the World and Frankly I Didn’t Even Know
About It Until I Prepared This Message. The United
Nations Declared What They Called a “Year For
Tolerance,” in 1995 and Calling Their Leadership
Unesco to Follow Suit. On November 16th,
Created the Declarations of Principles On
Tolerance, as a Way to Provide Awareness Of
Tolerance for All Participating Nations. They Did
That on November 16th and Ever Since the World
Is Called to Celebrate the “International Day For
Tolerance.” the Day Is Based on This Premise That
“Tolerance Is Respect, Acceptance And
Appreciation of the Rich Diversity of Our World’s
Cultures, Our Forms of Expression, and Ways Of
Being Human.” Now That Sounds Innocuous
Enough and It Sounds Like Something Everyone
Would Accept, but as the Old Saying Goes, “the
Devil Is in the Details.” There Is One Word You
Need to Hear Clearly and That Is the Word
“Acceptance.” [Jody-Keep Statement up on Screen
And Highlight “Acceptance” When He Says It.]
2. In Today’s World It Is Not Enough Just To
Respect a Different Viewpoint, or to Appreciate
Differences, or Even to Defend the Right Of
Someone to Have a Different Opinion. If You Do
Not Accept Someone Else’s Thinking and Opinion As
Being Just as Valid as Yours, Then You Are
Declared to Be “Intolerant.” There Is Simply
Nothing Worse That Can Be Said About Someone
Today Than They Are “Intolerant,” Because Once
You Are Declared to Be Intolerant You Are
Bigoted, Judgmental, Narrow-Minded, and You Are
To Be Shunned Like a Leper.
3. Yet Today, We Are Going to Learn From A
Church in a Place Called “Thyatira” That Jesus
Will Not Tolerate the Toleration of What Should
Not Be Tolerated. ...
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